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IHF World Women's Handball Championship
The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ... won as the first team outside Europe and 2013 where Brazil won as the first American team. The biggest winners are Russia and Norway with four titles each. Nine teams participated in the first championship, this number has grown in steps to 32 (from 2021). In 1977 a B-tournament was introduced and later in 1986 a C-tournament which served as qualification for the real championship or A-tournament. The B- and C-tournament qualifications were replaced by the present qualification system based on continental confederations in 1993. From 1993 it has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Handball Federation
The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1938, and the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1957. IHF was founded in 1946 to oversee international competitions. Headquartered in Basel, its membership now comprises 209 national federations. Each member country must each also be a member of one of the six regional confederations: African Handball Confederation, Africa, Asian Handball Federation, Asia, European Handball Federation, Europe, North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation, North America and Caribbean, Oceania Continent Handball Federation, Oceania, and South and Central America Handball Confederation, South and Central America. Hassan Moustafa from Egypt has been President of the IHF since 26 November 2000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2005 World Women's Handball Championship, the 17th team handball world championship for women, was played in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 5 and 18 December 2005. Russia won their second title. Qualification Preliminary round ''All times are local UTC+3.'' Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ---- ---- Main round Group I ---- ---- Group II ---- ---- Final round Bracket Semifinals ---- Seventh-place game Fifth-place game Bronze medal game Final Final rankings Statistics Top goalscorers SourceIHF/small> Top goalkeepers SourceIHF/small> All star team * Goalkeeper: * Left wing: * Left back: * Centre back: * Right back: * Right wing: * Pivot: SourceIHF/small> Medalists References External links – At the official International Handball Federation website {{World Handball Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2031 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2031 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, will be the 30th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It will take place in December 2031 in Czech Republic and Poland. Bidding process In April 2023, the IHF stated that they were looking for bids. In the end, two bids expressed interest in hosting the tournament. * and * and The bids were confirmed on 1 March 2024: * and Czech Republic and Poland won the hosting right on 16 April 2024 in Créteil, France. Venues The proposed venues are:https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/2024-05/6_council_minutes_FRA_2024_E.pdf * Katowice – Spodek, capacity 11,016 * Katowice – GWS Katowice Sports Hall, capacity 3,001 * Sosnowiec – Arena Sosnowiec, capacity 3,052 * Brno – Arena Brno, capacity 13,300 The proposed venues are in Brno, Katowice and Sosnowiec. The final will be in the Spodek in Katowice. Qualification 1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2029 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2029 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, will be the 29th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It will take place in Spain in December 2029. Bidding process In April 2023, the IHF stated that they were looking for bids. In the end, two nations expressed interest in hosting the tournament. * and The bids were confirmed on 1 March 2024: * Spain was unanimously awarded on 16 April 2024 in Créteil, France. Venues The proposed venues are:https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/2024-05/6_council_minutes_FRA_2024_E.pdf *Valencia – Roig Arena, capacity 16,000 * Malaga – Martín Carpena, capacity 11,300 *Santiago de Compostela – Fontes do Sar, capacity 6,666 *Irun – IAM Irun, capacity 5,000 The proposed venues are Galicia, Valencia, Malaga and Irún, with the latter to host the final phase. Qualification 1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finish within the top 5, they will qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2027 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2027 World Women's Handball Championship, the 28th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, will take place in Hungary in 2027. It will be the main qualifying event for the women's Handball at the Summer Olympics, handball tournament of the 2028 Summer Olympics. Venues The bid includes the following four host cities/venues: Qualification 1. To bear in mind the 2028 Summer Olympics, the IHF Council will award the United States wild cards for the 2025 and 2027 World Championships. If they reach a certain performance level. 2. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finish within the top 5, they will qualify for the World Championships. If either finishes sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot. Qualified teams References {{World Handball Championship World Women's Handball Championship, 2027 International handball competitions hosted by Hungary International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2025 IHF World Women's Handball Championship will be 27th edition of the championship to be jointly hosted by Germany and the Netherlands under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF) from 26 November to 14 December 2025. It will be fourth time in history that the championship is jointly hosted. "Catch the Dream" will be the official motto of the competition. France women's national handball team, France are the defending world champions, having won the 2023 edition. Bidding process On 11 October 2018, the IHF announced the bidders for the championship. * * However, for unknown reasons, both bids quietly withdrew. On 25 September 2019, the next bids were as follows: * and On 28 February 2020, the tournament was awarded to Germany and Netherlands unopposed at its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt.https://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ihf-council/20200330ihf-minutes-council-27-2802.pdf Venues Germany On 16 May 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2023 IHF World Women's Handball Championship was the 26th edition of the championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF) from 29 November to 17 December 2023 and jointly hosted by Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It was the third time in handball history that the championship is jointly hosted, the first in Sweden, and also the first to be played in three countries. France won their third title after a finals win over Norway. The bronze medal went to Denmark with a win over Sweden. Bidding process After Russia's withdrawal, Denmark/Norway/Sweden and Hungary entered their bids for hosting the tournament, which was awarded to the three Nordic countries by IHF Council at its meeting held in Paris, France on 28 January 2017. Venues The Nordic joint bid included the following six host cities and venues: The Hungarian bid included the same cities and venues as the bid that was presented for the 2021 championship. Qualification 1. If a country from Ocea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 25th event by the International Handball Federation, was held in Spain from 1 to 19 December 2021. On 18 October 2018, at a congress in Doha, Qatar, the IHF announced that the World Championship would be expanded from 24 teams to 32 teams from 2021 onwards. The Netherlands were the defending champions after winning for the first time in 2019. However, they finished third in their main round group and failed to qualify for the quarterfinals. Norway defeated France to win their fourth title. Denmark captured the bronze medal by winning against Spain. Bidding process Spain and Hungary bid for the right to organise the 2021 Women's World Handball Championship. The International Handball Federation decided that the voting process would take place during the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. The Spanish bid included the following six host cities and venues: The President of the Royal Spanish Handball Federation confirmed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019. The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final. The final was decided on a controversial penalty decision, when Ainhoa Hernandez blocked the Dutch goalkeeper's pass stopping a potential counter with seconds to go. Venues Kumamoto region was entrusted with the organization of the World Championship. Additionally the Japanese Organizing Committee will have a venue in Tokyo in order to prepare for the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olympic Games. Kumamoto has had a lot of experience with handball tournaments, hosting the 1997 World Men's Handball Championship, 1997 Men's World Championships. Qualification 1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finished within the top 5, they qualified for the World Championships. If they placed si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017. Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World Championships in 1965 World Women's Handball Championship, 1965 and 1997 World Women's Handball Championship, 1997. France won their second title after 2003 World Women's Handball Championship, 2003, by defeating reigning champions Norway 23–21 in the final. Venues The tournament is being played in the following venues: Bietigheim-Bissingen, Magdeburg, Oldenburg (city), Oldenburg, Leipzig, Trier and Hamburg as the final four venue. Qualification Qualified teams :1 Bold indicates champion for that year, ''Italics'' indicates host for that year. Draw The draw was held on 27 June 2017 at Hamburg, Germany. Seeding The seeding was announced on 26 June 2017. Referees 16 referee pairs were selected: Squads Preliminary round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Denmark. The decision to select Denmark as the host was announced on 27 January 2011. In the final Norway won 31–23 against the Netherlands to gain their third title. Romania won bronze after they defeated Poland 31–22. Venues Venues for the tournament were announced on 7 June 2014. Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning hosted the final, both semi-finals, two quarter-finals, matches in the round of 16 and Denmark's group. SYDBANK Arena in Kolding was the venue of two quarter-finals, eighth-finals and neighbour Germany's group, while Arena Nord in Frederikshavn and the new venue in Næstved hosted one eighth-final and one group each. Qualification Final qualification tournament A final qualification tournament was held from 15 to 17 June 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to determine the last participant. The schedule was revealed on 3 June 2015. Standings Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, the 21st event hosted by the International Handball Federation (IHF), was held in Serbia from 6 to 22 December 2013.Spain and Serbia to stage 2013 World Championships by , 2 October 2010 defeated |
